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Acts 11

MSG 1
The news traveled fast and in no time the leaders and friends back in Jerusalem heard about it - heard that the non-Jewish "outsiders" were now "in."
NIV 1
The apostles and the brothers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
MSG 2
When Peter got back to Jerusalem, some of his old associates, concerned about circumcision, called him on the carpet:
NIV 2
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him
MSG 3
"What do you think you're doing rubbing shoulders with that crowd, eating what is prohibited and ruining our good name?"
NIV 3
and said, "You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them."
MSG 4
So Peter, starting from the beginning, laid it out for them step-by-step:
NIV 4
Peter began and explained everything to them precisely as it had happened:
MSG 5
"Recently I was in the town of Joppa praying. I fell into a trance and saw a vision: Something like a huge blanket, lowered by ropes at its four corners, came down out of heaven and settled on the ground in front of me.
NIV 5
"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was.
MSG 6
Milling around on the blanket were farm animals, wild animals, reptiles, birds - you name it, it was there. Fascinated, I took it all in.
NIV 6
I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.
MSG 7
"Then I heard a voice: 'Go to it, Peter - kill and eat.'
NIV 7
Then I heard a voice telling me, 'Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.'
MSG 8
I said, 'Oh, no, Master. I've never so much as tasted food that wasn't kosher.'
NIV 8
"I replied, 'Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'
MSG 9
The voice spoke again: 'If God says it's okay, it's okay.'
NIV 9
"The voice spoke from heaven a second time, 'Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.'
MSG 10
This happened three times, and then the blanket was pulled back up into the sky.
NIV 10
This happened three times, and then it was all pulled up to heaven again.
MSG 11
"Just then three men showed up at the house where I was staying, sent from Caesarea to get me.
NIV 11
"Right then three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.
MSG 12
The Spirit told me to go with them, no questions asked. So I went with them, I and six friends, to the man who had sent for me.
NIV 12
The Spirit told me to have no hesitation about going with them. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man's house.
MSG 13
He told us how he had seen an angel right in his own house, real as his next-door neighbor, saying, 'Send to Joppa and get Simon, the one they call Peter.
NIV 13
He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house and say, 'Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.
MSG 14
He'll tell you something that will save your life - in fact, you and everyone you care for.'
NIV 14
He will bring you a message through which you and all your household will be saved.'
MSG 15
"So I started in, talking. Before I'd spoken half a dozen sentences, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as he did on us the first time.
NIV 15
"As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning.
MSG 16
I remembered Jesus' words: 'John baptized with water; you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'
NIV 16
Then I remembered what the Lord had said: 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'
MSG 17
So I ask you: If God gave the same exact gift to them as to us when we believed in the Master Jesus Christ, how could I object to God?"
NIV 17
So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could oppose God?"
MSG 18
Hearing it all laid out like that, they quieted down. And then, as it sank in, they started praising God. "It's really happened! God has broken through to the other nations, opened them up to Life!"
NIV 18
When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, "So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life."
MSG 19
Those who had been scattered by the persecution triggered by Stephen's death traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, but they were still only speaking and dealing with their fellow Jews.
NIV 19
Now those who had been scattered by the persecution in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, telling the message only to Jews.
MSG 20
Then some of the men from Cyprus and Cyrene who had come to Antioch started talking to Greeks, giving them the Message of the Master Jesus.
NIV 20
Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus.
MSG 21
God was pleased with what they were doing and put his stamp of approval on it - quite a number of the Greeks believed and turned to the Master.
NIV 21
The Lord's hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
MSG 22
When the church in Jerusalem got wind of this, they sent Barnabas to Antioch to check on things.
NIV 22
News of this reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
MSG 23
As soon as he arrived, he saw that God was behind and in it all. He threw himself in with them, got behind them, urging them to stay with it the rest of their lives.
NIV 23
When he arrived and saw the evidence of the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts.
MSG 24
He was a good man that way, enthusiastic and confident in the Holy Spirit's ways. The community grew large and strong in the Master.
NIV 24
He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.
MSG 25
Then Barnabas went on to Tarsus to look for Saul.
NIV 25
Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
MSG 26
He found him and brought him back to Antioch. They were there a whole year, meeting with the church and teaching a lot of people. It was in Antioch that the disciples were for the first time called Christians.
NIV 26
and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.
MSG 27
It was about this same time that some prophets came to Antioch from Jerusalem.
NIV 27
During this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
MSG 28
One of them named Agabus stood up one day and, prompted by the Spirit, warned that a severe famine was about to devastate the country. (The famine eventually came during the rule of Claudius.)
NIV 28
One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Claudius.)
MSG 29
So the disciples decided that each of them would send whatever they could to their fellow Christians in Judea to help out.
NIV 29
The disciples, each according to his ability, decided to provide help for the brothers living in Judea.
MSG 30
They sent Barnabas and Saul to deliver the collection to the leaders in Jerusalem.
NIV 30
This they did, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.

New International Version

Acts 11

NIV 1
The apostles and the brothers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
NIV 2
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him
NIV 3
and said, "You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them."
NIV 4
Peter began and explained everything to them precisely as it had happened:
NIV 5
"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was.
NIV 6
I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.
NIV 7
Then I heard a voice telling me, 'Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.'
NIV 8
"I replied, 'Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'
NIV 9
"The voice spoke from heaven a second time, 'Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.'
NIV 10
This happened three times, and then it was all pulled up to heaven again.
NIV 11
"Right then three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.
NIV 12
The Spirit told me to have no hesitation about going with them. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man's house.
NIV 13
He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house and say, 'Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.
NIV 14
He will bring you a message through which you and all your household will be saved.'
NIV 15
"As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning.
NIV 16
Then I remembered what the Lord had said: 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'
NIV 17
So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could oppose God?"
NIV 18
When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, "So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life."
NIV 19
Now those who had been scattered by the persecution in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, telling the message only to Jews.
NIV 20
Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus.
NIV 21
The Lord's hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
NIV 22
News of this reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
NIV 23
When he arrived and saw the evidence of the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts.
NIV 24
He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.
NIV 25
Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
NIV 26
and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.
NIV 27
During this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
NIV 28
One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Claudius.)
NIV 29
The disciples, each according to his ability, decided to provide help for the brothers living in Judea.
NIV 30
This they did, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.